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steve fair-minded just means they don't have any biased. you are trying to say that somebody has already been given a grant that has reached conclusions as someone that we can then trust to have an unbiased view as we have paid them in order to have a biased view? >> mr. chairman we understand there've been concerns expressed about that and we understand there is an expressed concern about having people in industry that we are discussing --. >> you think government employees are immune from the same side of why is that you have to find? be no, i'm not saying that. i'm saying we have a process in which we vigorously pursue those issues to me ensure that they are there to represent their expertise and that the panel is balanced, it's fair and it meets requirements, ethical requirements. >> the question is whether there are members involved sometimes at very high levels and the direction of those panels who actually have a built-in bias and that they have already been granted new grants to make a conclusion before you are now asking them for a
steve fair-minded just means they don't have any biased. you are trying to say that somebody has already been given a grant that has reached conclusions as someone that we can then trust to have an unbiased view as we have paid them in order to have a biased view? >> mr. chairman we understand there've been concerns expressed about that and we understand there is an expressed concern about having people in industry that we are discussing --. >> you think government employees are...
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>> steve chaired -- >> i am asking about the white house meeting. there were 29 white house meetings of which you had this group. who were the people in the room? were you in their? >> i am not trying to be difficult, but there were different parts of it. a white house conference center. , shee meetings with jean was leading. the 29 meetings. >> that was probably less than a handful. >> ok. my question is, i am a little confused how the president would be surprised this was such a debacle on october 1 if you were all meeting regularly with the white house. why would they be surprised on october 1 that it did not roll out the way everybody thought it should? the subject matter, at least with my attendance being there, was to discuss things such as the status of the hub development. >> did anybody express concern there was a problem? that october 1, there would be a problem? >> no. quest there was no one in that room. we had all the brightest minds in the world in this room and no one anticipated a problem october 1? >> they were highly specific issue
>> steve chaired -- >> i am asking about the white house meeting. there were 29 white house meetings of which you had this group. who were the people in the room? were you in their? >> i am not trying to be difficult, but there were different parts of it. a white house conference center. , shee meetings with jean was leading. the 29 meetings. >> that was probably less than a handful. >> ok. my question is, i am a little confused how the president would be surprised...
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steve grossman, treasurer of the commonwealth. either -- other mail elected officials stand in support of the cause of women in politics. [applause] by aht's event was sparked milestone in women's political activism. 175 years ago, right here in boston, angelina grimke, a white southerner from charleston, south carolina became the first american woman to address a legislative body. tonight, we are honored to have her great great rants on, mark mason here with us. please give him applause. [applause] angelina rigged key -- grimke's purpose was to present petitions bearing the signatures of 20,000 massachusetts women. black and white, to a joint committee of the general court. the petitioner sought to have congress and slavery in the district of convio but before angelina grimke spoke about the issue of slavery, she knew she had to address the elephant in the room. the fact that she was a woman giving a speech to group of elected officials, not to mention her other audience, all the men and women who had crowded into the house chamb
steve grossman, treasurer of the commonwealth. either -- other mail elected officials stand in support of the cause of women in politics. [applause] by aht's event was sparked milestone in women's political activism. 175 years ago, right here in boston, angelina grimke, a white southerner from charleston, south carolina became the first american woman to address a legislative body. tonight, we are honored to have her great great rants on, mark mason here with us. please give him applause....
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>> steve jobs was not in the pipeline. >> he started his thing with his friend in the garage. you know -- >> i don't think that there are endless -- and i think that we do need them -- endless training programs to get that pipeline. will they run for school board and will they run for city council? we have all these tiered -- by the time that they get to the senate, they have been through so many layers and they are much older than the men. they have fewer terms and they will have less seniority. in a sense, that is a real hold back. we have to get women to think beyond -- and you hear them say all the time, i do not really know what i need to know about running for congress and i want to get some experience to work my way up. >> you have done the reporting. the other part for young woman as their making decisions is, "i want a family and i want to do something else first. then, i will come to this." [laughter] >> that is why we need men in the pipeline to be parents. [applause] >> i would say that that is fine and women to do a whole lot of different things during the course
>> steve jobs was not in the pipeline. >> he started his thing with his friend in the garage. you know -- >> i don't think that there are endless -- and i think that we do need them -- endless training programs to get that pipeline. will they run for school board and will they run for city council? we have all these tiered -- by the time that they get to the senate, they have been through so many layers and they are much older than the men. they have fewer terms and they will...
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steve shepler. national committeewoman. member of the state central committee. and my old friend darrell. you've all gotten many calls from him. we've been working together for 46 years. where are you? nobody knows more about iowa politics and how to raise money. committee,nt of the right over here. we were duckhunting and we were not getting any. we were all wet. he looked at me and he said, maybe are not throwing the dog high enough. these are the good people keeping this government into nana working well. iowa and taxes are both working very well. let's have jack come up and give us a legislative report from the iowa senate. [applause] >> thank you for being here tonight and thank you for your support. it would not be possible without all of your support. it's very much appreciated. giving a brief report and i would like to introduce my colleagues in attendance tonight. the first from urbandale, brad. from south the last iowa, state senator joni ernst. and finally our newest senator, charles from west des moines. since republicans took control of the capital
steve shepler. national committeewoman. member of the state central committee. and my old friend darrell. you've all gotten many calls from him. we've been working together for 46 years. where are you? nobody knows more about iowa politics and how to raise money. committee,nt of the right over here. we were duckhunting and we were not getting any. we were all wet. he looked at me and he said, maybe are not throwing the dog high enough. these are the good people keeping this government into nana...
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steve is a rock climber and he is one of those big year's that candy and i see all the time. we rehab a lot. we were in that room working all the time is about 20 legs or arms missing for those guys. you cannot hold those guys back in this convention allows people to go and become victors instead of victims. ..
steve is a rock climber and he is one of those big year's that candy and i see all the time. we rehab a lot. we were in that room working all the time is about 20 legs or arms missing for those guys. you cannot hold those guys back in this convention allows people to go and become victors instead of victims. ..
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. >> good morning, steve. pleasure to be speaking with you. i have a quick comment. then i want to ask a question. it is a pleasure. >> go ahead. >> i have a quick comment. then i wanted to ask a question. i wanted to thank c-span for educating me about president kennedy's africa policies and how instrumental it was in solving the cuban missile crisis. i also wanted to ask mr. reeves this morning, and it is wonderful to be speaking with you as well, about president being uniquely positioned as the first irish catholic president and the civil rights speech, to speak about something as old as the scriptures and clear as the constitution, that we have no class system or masquerade. -- or master race. and how that should really be for all americans 50 years later. >> thanks for the call. tim is describing part of the extraordinary 48 hours in the kennedy presidency when he gave what is called the peace speech at american university, saying perhaps we should take another look at the cold war. how did we get into it? are we really adversaries or are we all moral and do we
. >> good morning, steve. pleasure to be speaking with you. i have a quick comment. then i want to ask a question. it is a pleasure. >> go ahead. >> i have a quick comment. then i wanted to ask a question. i wanted to thank c-span for educating me about president kennedy's africa policies and how instrumental it was in solving the cuban missile crisis. i also wanted to ask mr. reeves this morning, and it is wonderful to be speaking with you as well, about president being...
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yield two minutes to the gentleman from tennessee, distinguished member of the judiciary committee, steve cohen, two minutes. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. cohen: thank you, mr. speaker. there's one fact that's indisputable, and it's the procedure by which this particular bill came to the floor. and that's a procedure whereby the majority had three witnesses, the minority had one , and none of the witnesses were victims. there are two major asbestos victims groups. they would be the people most interested in preserving the funds for victims. the asbestos disease awareness organization and the asbestos rights campaign. one is headed up by a former ember of this house's widow, mrs. vento. her husband died of mesothelioma. the fact is indisputablely they were not allowed to testify. if this bill indeed was for the victims, the victim should have had an opportunity to testify. the chairman of the subcommittee of which i am the ranking member valiantly tried to rectify that error, mr. bachus, and allow them to testify but was overruled, and the fact is the procedu
yield two minutes to the gentleman from tennessee, distinguished member of the judiciary committee, steve cohen, two minutes. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. cohen: thank you, mr. speaker. there's one fact that's indisputable, and it's the procedure by which this particular bill came to the floor. and that's a procedure whereby the majority had three witnesses, the minority had one , and none of the witnesses were victims. there are two major asbestos victims groups....
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>> steve, we said all along i know that there's selective leaks going on out of various house committees of, as they conduct oversight into this, but we said all along that there were in the testing of this instances where there were problems that were identified and fixes that were undertaken to the welcome back site. the web site. what we did not expect was that we would have the size problem that we had come october 1st. in and -- if we had expected that, we wouldn't have been promoting the launch of the web site in the run-up to it in the way that we were. president was very candid about that. i mean, it does not stand the test of logic to suggest that we somehow knew that the web site would perform as poorly as it did and a week before or four days before were encouraging people to go to it and talking about how it would be fairly functional and effective. so there's no question if the point of these selective leaks is to get everybody to recognize that the web site performed terribly on october 1st, i don't think that's a point that anybody here is denying. so what we're focused on
>> steve, we said all along i know that there's selective leaks going on out of various house committees of, as they conduct oversight into this, but we said all along that there were in the testing of this instances where there were problems that were identified and fixes that were undertaken to the welcome back site. the web site. what we did not expect was that we would have the size problem that we had come october 1st. in and -- if we had expected that, we wouldn't have been...
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steve collinson. >> do you have reason to believe that iran would walk away from nuclear talks if congress draws up new sanctions? and would a diplomatic breakdown at this stage leave you no ption but military action? and how do you respond to your critics on the hill who say that it was only tough sanctions that got iran to the table, but only tougher sanctions will make it capitulate? >> well, let me make a couple of points. number one, i've said before and i will repeat: we do not want iran having nuclear weapons. and it would be not only dangerous to us and our allies, but it would be destabilizing to the entire region, and could trigger a nuclear arms race that would make life much more dangerous for all of us. so our policy is iran cannot have nuclear weapons. and i'm leaving all options on the table to make sure that we meet that goal. point number two: the reason we've got such vigorous sanctions is because i and my administration put in place, when i came into office, the international structure to have the most effective sanctions ver. and so i think it's fair to say that i know
steve collinson. >> do you have reason to believe that iran would walk away from nuclear talks if congress draws up new sanctions? and would a diplomatic breakdown at this stage leave you no ption but military action? and how do you respond to your critics on the hill who say that it was only tough sanctions that got iran to the table, but only tougher sanctions will make it capitulate? >> well, let me make a couple of points. number one, i've said before and i will repeat: we do...
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this one from steve says -- we will show you her comments in just a moment. referring to an earlier collar. ft. worth, chris, on the independent line. hello. you are on the air. caller: if the president is so everybody'sout health, why is he protect and gmo's they arehe poisoning everyone will span the fluoride in the water reactor they could get rid of that. up next, my, democratic line. the systeme been in three years, i'm a veteran, and a union employee. my employer contributed and to my health care for many years and i have an account there for many years but i have used for a co-pay to reimburse. january, that will no longer be available to me because they are not recognizing the va or medicaid as group so i'm being forced to go back into an insurance that i don't need that i have to pay for. the kicker resigned disabled right now and i'm not working for my union anymore. i have not worked since may. i'm being forced to spend all of the money accumulated over the years but it could have been using for my meds through the va and as of january, that money
this one from steve says -- we will show you her comments in just a moment. referring to an earlier collar. ft. worth, chris, on the independent line. hello. you are on the air. caller: if the president is so everybody'sout health, why is he protect and gmo's they arehe poisoning everyone will span the fluoride in the water reactor they could get rid of that. up next, my, democratic line. the systeme been in three years, i'm a veteran, and a union employee. my employer contributed and to my...
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steve jobs giving commencement on how important it is to fail. if the steve jobs -- pretty easy to some pathetic if you lead a life of -- there is less exciting. i'm sure you have been a do-gooder, at do-gooder events where everyone is skimming the cream. i was at a table in a bunch of people who do you good but there was somebody from teach for america which is so hard to get into, it was somebody social entrepreneurship with a pic of the best entrepreneur's and invest in the. it was somebody picking up star student from cambodia and bring them to the universities a. there was somebody else picking up star urban kids to be ambassadors for scholarship recipients. this is a charity model based on the idea of the admissions process. you take out the stars and you move on. most religions say you serve the lowest of low, you serve the poorest among us. ticking up the stars and doing the cream skimming is by that standard him by any religious standard, not okay. and the third character challenge i would say is a sort of spirituality. one thing i've no
steve jobs giving commencement on how important it is to fail. if the steve jobs -- pretty easy to some pathetic if you lead a life of -- there is less exciting. i'm sure you have been a do-gooder, at do-gooder events where everyone is skimming the cream. i was at a table in a bunch of people who do you good but there was somebody from teach for america which is so hard to get into, it was somebody social entrepreneurship with a pic of the best entrepreneur's and invest in the. it was somebody...
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steve vanroekel is the chief information officer of the united states. and pursuant to the rules, as many of you will see, i was asked that you rise to take a sworn oath. please raise your right hands. do you swear or from the testimony you are about to give away the truth, the whole truth, nothing but the truth? let the record reflect that all answered in the affirmative. this is a large panel. it is going to be a long day. witnesses will be asked questions by both sides of the aisle. i would ask that since your opening statements are placed in the record verbatim that you adhere to the time clock and come to a halt as quickly as possible when it's red. yellow is not an opportunity to start a new subject. it is an opportunity to wrap up. with that, we will go to our distinguished guests. >> we appreciate the opportunity to testify. in july, i testified before the sub committee on failed i.t. projects and other troubled projects. now we are facing one with a more visible i.t. projects in healthcare.gov. we should report that seven successful i.t. acquisi
steve vanroekel is the chief information officer of the united states. and pursuant to the rules, as many of you will see, i was asked that you rise to take a sworn oath. please raise your right hands. do you swear or from the testimony you are about to give away the truth, the whole truth, nothing but the truth? let the record reflect that all answered in the affirmative. this is a large panel. it is going to be a long day. witnesses will be asked questions by both sides of the aisle. i would...
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guest: steve, great to be with you. on politico, a map you are keeping track county by county. it is almost as if you are a flyover across the state, a lot of red areas. the blue areas along the border in norfolk and northern virginia, fairfax and loudoun county. guest: right now in the poll, cuccinelli has the lead because a lot of the big, rural part of the state has reported. they are cuccinelli republican areas. we are still waiting on returns from a big swath of northern virginia which should favor mcauliffe. is a relatively close race, closer than some of the poll suggested it would be. he is roughly on par with president obama's numbers and a swing sweet counties -- counties which is one of the main suburban counties outside of the capitol in richmond. performed obama. cuccinelli will be the underdog race remains too close to call. >> about 80% of the vote now in and ken cuccinelli is ahead, 47% to 60 -- 46%. all of the polls are this past week showing terry mcauliffe ahead and the libertarian candidate getting anywhere 8%.ween 5%- that does not seem to be the numbers so
guest: steve, great to be with you. on politico, a map you are keeping track county by county. it is almost as if you are a flyover across the state, a lot of red areas. the blue areas along the border in norfolk and northern virginia, fairfax and loudoun county. guest: right now in the poll, cuccinelli has the lead because a lot of the big, rural part of the state has reported. they are cuccinelli republican areas. we are still waiting on returns from a big swath of northern virginia which...
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host: steve is on the republican line. caller: i wanted to see what the gentleman had to say -- we have the illegal immigrants here, and they do the fruit picking and these jobs that supposedly we don't want to do, but they don't have health insurance, so the immigration problem ties in with our health insurance debacle because they clog up the emergency room's, they're not contributing to that problem -- contributing to that problem. we have cheap fruit, but our health insurance is skyrocketing. maybe you could mention something about the balance of that. guest: these are exactly the kinds of questions you have to >> we will leave to go live to president obama's coverage on the immigration policy. this is live from san francisco. ♪ ♪ sort out. you remember when president >> hello, san francisco. it is great to be with all of you. i love san francisco. [applause] you got great food. you've got great people. what beautiful scenery. no more super villains. batkid cleaned up the streets. [cheers and applause] i love batki
host: steve is on the republican line. caller: i wanted to see what the gentleman had to say -- we have the illegal immigrants here, and they do the fruit picking and these jobs that supposedly we don't want to do, but they don't have health insurance, so the immigration problem ties in with our health insurance debacle because they clog up the emergency room's, they're not contributing to that problem -- contributing to that problem. we have cheap fruit, but our health insurance is...
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steve baker. [shouting] >> number one. >> thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, with remember today, i'm sure the whole house will join me in remembering those who have given their lives in the service of our country. perhaps particularly with the president of the republic of korea we should remember those who fell in the conflict and all who serve many who are not coming to the end of their lives. we should again pay tribute to the heroic job our armed forces to to keep us safe. mr. speaker, this morning i had meetings with ministerial colleagues and others, and in addition to my duties in this house, i shall have further such meetings later today. >> mr. speaker, i wish we pressure i'm sure we'll wish to associate ourselves to the prime minister. hard-working businessman facing tough decisions -- decent trade unionists and newspapers including the "daily mirror" will have seen a poll by the so-called -- [shouting] the so-called -- [inaudible] will my right honorable friend take steps to ensure that families, families and children and homes are protecte
steve baker. [shouting] >> number one. >> thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, with remember today, i'm sure the whole house will join me in remembering those who have given their lives in the service of our country. perhaps particularly with the president of the republic of korea we should remember those who fell in the conflict and all who serve many who are not coming to the end of their lives. we should again pay tribute to the heroic job our armed forces to to keep us safe. mr....
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[inaudible] >> let steve. now not [inaudible conversations] >> where do you live? here in new york? good to see you again. >> hi, there. [inaudible] -- house of representatives. former secret service. occupied territory over there. >> that's great. >> the chapter about arming everybody. >> well, you're going to like this one because it is similar. >> bush and obama. >> really? [inaudible] [inaudible conversations] >> got to advertise the book. >> thank you. thank you. it was because he sent it bad enough that i started announcing to everybody. i got this divine e-mail. i handed over to cafÉ lattes. one from your blessed jimmy. and then i've been chattering about it so much. [inaudible] >> thank you. it temporary. >> you crazy kid. how are you? i haven't even read your review because they're running me around. >> it's good. >> tomorrow when i'm working on my column, that is when i'll feel to read it and tweet it and post it. [inaudible] >> i would love that. >> do you know you can get your photo with me anytime? just bring him here. you can get a good photo meaning in. >> would you
[inaudible] >> let steve. now not [inaudible conversations] >> where do you live? here in new york? good to see you again. >> hi, there. [inaudible] -- house of representatives. former secret service. occupied territory over there. >> that's great. >> the chapter about arming everybody. >> well, you're going to like this one because it is similar. >> bush and obama. >> really? [inaudible] [inaudible conversations] >> got to advertise the...
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guest: thank you, steve. you are doing a wonderful job. you know, hopefully the anniversary will help bring us together at the same time in washington where we are splitting farther apart. we were united then, and it with a different country, and we lost a lot of that -- a lot because of the assassination, too. host: richard reeves, thank you. visitors continue to stop by the gravesite of john f. kennedy in arlington national cemetery. the eternal flame, a live picture here, on the 50th anniversary of the kennedy assassination. a wreath of flowers placed the other day by president obama and former president bill clinton will stop >> today, the , november 22, 1963. we will bring you the nbc news coverage. you will see some of the reporting of man on that day. that is tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern. important distinction jfk, 50 years after dallas. newsreels after the assassination. interviews with the doctors who treated jfk and a former life magazine editor on purchasing ruderights to be -- the zap film. next up, back to this morning's washi
guest: thank you, steve. you are doing a wonderful job. you know, hopefully the anniversary will help bring us together at the same time in washington where we are splitting farther apart. we were united then, and it with a different country, and we lost a lot of that -- a lot because of the assassination, too. host: richard reeves, thank you. visitors continue to stop by the gravesite of john f. kennedy in arlington national cemetery. the eternal flame, a live picture here, on the 50th...
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we reached out through social media through facebook and twitter, share with steve, and i remember shawn from covington who said i'm losing the good health care. i posed the question to secretary sebelius, a guy in my district, we are hearing this over and over again, what do you tell them? go to the marketplace. not one person's been held accountable, by the way, for that failure. as we point out all these failures we say there is a better way. we as conservatives said we ought to put on paper what we are for market-driven health care that will increase access. we put it together in a bill called the american health care reform act h.r. 3121 a bill you can look up and read, a bill less than 200 pages long with all the great reforms in it comparing and contrasting that to the president's health care law with over 2,700 pages, all these unworkable mandates. what the bill does is basic commonsense reforms that should have been done years ago. allow people buy across state lines. people -- americans are probably the best consumers in the world with the internet with so many options people g
we reached out through social media through facebook and twitter, share with steve, and i remember shawn from covington who said i'm losing the good health care. i posed the question to secretary sebelius, a guy in my district, we are hearing this over and over again, what do you tell them? go to the marketplace. not one person's been held accountable, by the way, for that failure. as we point out all these failures we say there is a better way. we as conservatives said we ought to put on paper...
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steve is in harrisburg oregon. go ahead with your question or comment. >> hello, great honor to talk to you. i was interested in your take on the legacy of the civil rights movement and how other moments throughout the world have used it to meditate thereon and contrarily, i was wondering what is the greatest example of misuse of the civil rights legacy to try to motivate people is to encourage freedom and i will take my answer off-line. >> guest: the book i completed with one of my colleagues, march but one is a graphic novel that it was really to help inspire another generation. earlier i spoke of doctor kin king's''s book martin luther king story of montgomery, but people in egypt and other parts of the world in south africa and others used this book as a tool and a technique to get the message of the way of peace, the way of love, the way of nonviolence. you create a mass movement, and i appreciate the fact that when you travel almost any part of the world today people know something about the american civil ri
steve is in harrisburg oregon. go ahead with your question or comment. >> hello, great honor to talk to you. i was interested in your take on the legacy of the civil rights movement and how other moments throughout the world have used it to meditate thereon and contrarily, i was wondering what is the greatest example of misuse of the civil rights legacy to try to motivate people is to encourage freedom and i will take my answer off-line. >> guest: the book i completed with one of my...
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the move was in retaliation for this firm dropping its joint belarusian local firm resulting in a steve drop in the commodity price and harming the belarusian economy. this began an ongoing potash war with russia. meanwhile to put a russia air base in belarus has proved controversial and allowed an opening to criticize the regime and focus attention on national independence and sovereignty issues. the united states should continue to support belarusian citizens as they fight to maintain their sovereignty. also, mr. speaker, i want to talk about the eastern partnership. on november 28 through 29, just coming up soon, the european union will host the eastern partnership summit in lithuania. the goal is to promote closer ties between the e.u. and eastern neighbors and in particular to further the progress on association agreements with georgia, moldavia, and the ukraine. the governments of these countries have worked for years to meet conditions for signing the agreements and the summit is viewed as a historic step in european integration for these countries. russia has responded to the ea
the move was in retaliation for this firm dropping its joint belarusian local firm resulting in a steve drop in the commodity price and harming the belarusian economy. this began an ongoing potash war with russia. meanwhile to put a russia air base in belarus has proved controversial and allowed an opening to criticize the regime and focus attention on national independence and sovereignty issues. the united states should continue to support belarusian citizens as they fight to maintain their...